Louis-Émile Durandelle
French Photographer · 1839–1917
21 works on LinkedCulture
Louis-Émile Durandelle was one half of a photographic team with Hyacinthe César Delmaet from 1854 until 1862. After their partnership dissolved, Durandelle continued to photograph, specializing in photographs of architecture, particularly public buildings, in France throughout the 1860s. He photographed the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel and the construction of the Théâtre de Monte Carlo. In 1870 and
Works

Aerial view of an exhibition building under construction
Getty Museum · 1888–1889

Aerial view of the Left Bank
Getty Museum · 1888–1889

Aerial view of the Seine and the Right Bank
Getty Museum · 1888–1889

Back pier (no. 2) on the Paris side; upper masonry seen head-on
Getty Museum · 1887

Beginnings of piers
Getty Museum · August, 1887

Elevator machinery
Getty Museum · 1889

Exposition universelle de 1889 / État d'avancement
Getty Museum · November 23, 1888

Le nouvel Opéra de Paris. Sculpture ornementale. Clef et tympan de la base du vestibule du contrôle
Getty Museum · August 1865

Pier no. 1, filling a foundation caisson with compressed air
Getty Museum · April 21, 1887

Pier no. 2, from the back
Getty Museum · 1887

Pier no.2, mounting the caissons
Getty Museum · April 21, 1887

Pier no. 2, seen from the front
Getty Museum · 1887

Pier no. 3, seen from the side
Getty Museum · 1887

Pier no. 4
Getty Museum · July 18, 1887
![[Placement of the Caissons, Eiffel Tower, Paris]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/2baa6e75-6b3c-4c1f-8f7d-1216da29b7b5/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Placement of the Caissons, Eiffel Tower, Paris]
Getty Museum · April 1887

Platform and worker
Getty Museum · 1888–1889

Second level
Getty Museum · 1889

Sinking pier no. 4
Getty Museum · 1887

Sinking, with compressed air, the forward pier (no. 4) on the Grenelle side
Getty Museum · April 16, 1887

Staircase and workers
Getty Museum · 1888–1889
![[The Eiffel Tower]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/6cf97faf-dceb-4a8b-9b43-a91d9d90ac96/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[The Eiffel Tower]
Getty Museum · March 31, 1889